Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way.

Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's.

My God! My God! What will the country say?

When met with a problem I always ask myself what is the right thing to do and then I do it.

Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy.

I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.